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Sph. argillacea, Fr. S.M. ii.^. 333. Fr. Obs. f. 2, /. 5. Curr. Linn.
Trans, xxii. t. 45, f . 35.
On dead ash branches.
2 3 9 0 . Hypoxylon fu scum . Fr. “ Brown Hypoxylon.”
Convex, pulvinate, purple-brown, or brown, at length naked,
black, black-brown within ; perithecia globose, ostiola umbilicate
; sporidia elliptical, or almond shaped, pale brown, then
very dark and opaque.—Fr. S .V .S .p . 384. Tul. Carp. ii.y). 39, t.
4 ,/. 7-11. Fchl. exs. no. 1054. Berh. Outl. p. 381. Sph. fusca,
Fr. S.M. ii. p. 332. Fng. Fl. v. p. 237. Dill. Muse. 1.18,/. 7.
Weig. t. 3 ,f. 2. Hedw. Obs. t. 6. Todef. 100. Pers. Ann. t. 2 ,/. 3.
Nees.f. 310. Fries, exs. no. 42. Moug. exs. no. 178. Schm. exs.
no. 51. Hoffm. V.C.t. 5, f. 1. S. tuberculosa. Sow. t. 373, f. 9.
Bolt. 1.123,/. 1. Willd. Berl. 1, f 21. Bull. t. 4 6 8 ,/. 3. Curr.
Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 45, f . 38.
On hawthorn, hazel, &c. Common. [United States.]
At first clothed with a rusty or purple brown meal, gradually increasing
in thickness, at length naked, black, and pierced like a sieve. Sporidia
('OOOo iu.) '0125 m.m.
2 3 9 1 . H y po xy lon ru b ig in o snm . Fr. “ Eust-ooloured
Hypoxylon.”
Broadly effused, thin, pulverulent, bright rust-coloured ; perithecia
rather prominent; sporidia dark brown, elliptical, slightly
irregular, with one or more nuclei.—Fr. S .V .S .p . 384. Fchl.
exs. no. 1051. Berh. Outl.p. 387. Sph. rubiginosum, Fr. S.AT. ii.
yz. 840. Fries, exs. no. 142. Fng. F l.v .p . 232. Curr. Linn. Trans.
xxii. t. 45, f . 43.
On decorticated trunks. [Mid. Carolina.]
Forming longitudinally efliused spots, 2-4 in. long, at first pulverulent and
dirty yellow, when full growii densely covered with rust-coloured powder, at
length naked and black ; peritbecia small, umbilicate at the apex, almost
free. Sometimes the perithecia are solitary, larger, distant, and papillary ■
margin barren.—FWes. ’
Sporidia ("0004 in.) '01 m.m.
2 3 9 2 . H y po xy lon atzopuzpuzeum.
Hypoxylon.”
Fr. “ Purple-black
Effused, thin, flattened, purplish-black ; perithecia connate,
rather prominent; apex plane, papillate ; sporidia dark brown,
irregularly elliptical, with one or two nuclei.—S. atropurpúrea,
Fr. S.M.H. p . 342. Fries, exs. no.15. Fng. F l.v . p . 232. Curr.
Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 45, f . 44.
On rotten wood. Appin.
Sometimes tbe perithecia are scattered, or arranged in lines. Sporidia
(•0004--0005 in.) -01--0125 m.m.
2 3 9 3 . H y po xy lon se rp en s. Fr. “ Creeping Hypoxylon.”
Effused, thin, flattened, black; perithecia subglobose, rather
prominent, papillate ; sporidia dark brown, irregularly elliptical.
Fr. S .V .S p .p .384. Sph. serpens, Fr. S.M.H. p. 341. Fng. F l.v .
p 239. Nees.f. 317,318. Fries, exs. no. 45. Mich. t. 55, f 1.
Hoffm. V.C. U3, r 1. Fl. Dan. t. 2037,/. 1. Sph. Crustacea, Sow.
t. 312, f . 11, t. 313, f . 10. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 46, / . 48.
Sph. confluens, Feld. exs. no. 960.
On dead wood. [United States.]
At first clothed witb thin, cinereous, mealy down, at length naked, 2-3 in
or more long. Sporidia ( 0004--0005 in.) -01--0125 m.m.
2 3 9 4 . H y po xy lon u d um . Fr. “ Emergent Hypoxylon.”
S p e r m o g o n ia .— P e r i t h e c i a m i n u t e ; s p e r m a t e a c y l i n d r i c a l , o b t
u s e , s o m e w h a t c u r v e d , h y a lm e .
A s c o p h o r e .— S h o r t , d e t e r m i n a t e , e m e r g e n t , b l a c k ; p e r i t h e c
i a s u b - o v a t e ; o s t i o l a o b t u s e , u n e q u a l ; s p o r i d i a a lm o n d - s h a p e d ,
o r o b l o n g - e l l i p t i c , o l i v e - g r e e n , t h e n d a r k , c l e a r , t r a n s p a r e n t
b r o w n .— Ur. N. PN._p. 384. Sph. uda, Fr. S.M. H.p. 358. Pers.
Syn.t.Hf.11-13. Fries, exs.no.324. Fng. F l . v .p .243. Curr.
Linn. Trans, x x i i . t. 46, / . 61, 62. Hypoxylon semi-immersum,
FcM. exs. no. 2111.
On rotten branches. [Mid. Carolina.]
Sub-elliptic, parallel, 2-3 lines long, always furnished with a circumscribing
black line. Very much resembling small scattered specimens of H. ser-
pens. Sporidia (-OOOS-'OOl in.) •015-'025 m.m.
Gen. 3 4 4 . N UM M U LA R IA , Tul.
Stroma discoid. Perithecia immersed,
in separate cells. Sporidia
ovate or ovato-globose,
straight, simple, dark-coloured,
excluded in tendrils.—Tul. Carp.
ii.p. 42. (Fig. 382.)
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